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maidhood

maidhood noun: the state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity.

Noun

maidhood (uncountable)

  1. The state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity.
    • Must the coming woman marry to take away the reproach of maidhood? ... But if the coming woman is to have the same fear of keeping her maidhood, she will be as subject to man as now, and equality laws will fail to make her equal.1888, Samuel Rockwell Reed, Offthoughts about Women and Other Things - Page 270

Origin of maidhood

From Middle English maidhod, maidhede, meithhad, from Old English mæġeþhād, corresponding to maid + -hood. Compare maidenhood.

Questions about maidhood

What does maidhood mean?
Maidhood means the state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity.
What part of speech is maidhood?
Maidhood is a noun.

Words near maidhood in the dictionary

  1. maidenship
  2. maidenships
  3. Maidenwell
  4. maides
  5. Maidford
  6. maidhood
  7. maidie
  8. maidies
  9. maiding
  10. maidings
  11. maidish

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